2 Sep 2014 - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Houston Astros

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

1. Kole Calhoun (L) RF
2. Mike Trout (R) CF
3. Albert Pujols (R) 1B
4. Josh Hamilton (L) LF
5. Howie Kendrick (R) 2B
6. Erick Aybar (S) SS
7. Chris Iannetta (R) C
8. Brennan Boesch (L) DH
9. Gordon Beckham (R) 3B

SP - C.J. Wilson (L)

Houston Astros

1. Robbie Grossman (S) LF
2. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
3. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
4. Chris Carter (R) DH
5. Jason Castro (L) C
6. Matt Dominguez (R) 3B
7. Jake Marisnick (R) RF
8. Jon Singleton (L) 1B
9. Gregorio Petit (R) SS

SP - Brad Peacock (R)

[subnuclear]

Calhoun - K swinging
Trout - Flies out to CF
Pujols - Grounds out to SS on the shift

Middle of the 1st. No Score.

[subnuclear]

Peacock didn't look too bad right there.

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Wilson looks like he has great smelling hair.

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Fowler singles to CF, Grossman scores, Altuve to 3rd. No outs. Astros 1-0.

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Carter with a hard single to left. Altuve scores, Fowler to 3rd. No outs. Astros 2-0.

[jbm]

They are not missing anything. Some of the best hit balls in a while.

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Castro hits a long fly that Trout makes a nice jumping catch to get, Fowler scores, Carter stays at 1st. Astros 3-0. 1 out.

[jbm]

Blum Brown is a step up from the usual.

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Grossman - Double to the LF corner
Altuve - Single to CF, Grossman holds at 3rd
Fowler - (Altuve steals 2nd) Singles to CF, Grossman scores, Altuve at 3rd
Carter - Single to LF, Altuve scores
Castro - Fly to CF, Fowler scores, Carter stays at 1st
Dominguez - Single to LF, Carter to 2nd
Marisnick - Lines out to SS, Carter caught off of 2nd for double play

End of the 1st. Astros 3-0.

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Hamilton - Grounds to 2nd and Altuve makes a great play to get it to Singleton
Kendrick -Grounds out to SS
Aybar - Flies out to LF

Middle of the 2nd. Astros 3-0.

[Ron Brand]

Tom Flawless, trying to get ahead of the Peacock Fatigue Factor with Deduno.

[subnuclear]

Singleton - K swinging
Petit - K looking
Grossman - K swinging

End of the 2nd. Astros 3-0.

[subnuclear]

Tom Flawless, trying to get ahead of the Peacock Fatigue Factor with Deduno.

Not taking any chances I guess.

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Ianetta - K looking
Boesch - Flies out to 3rd
Beckham - Singles to LF
Calhoun - Grounds out to 2nd

Middle of the 3rd. Astros 3-0.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Altuve!

[Ron Brand]

That little dude is pretty good.

[subnuclear]

Altuve puts one in the LF seats. NBD. No outs. Astros 4-0.

[subnuclear]

That little dude is pretty good.

Is the game on TV tonight?

[Ron Brand]

Is the game on TV tonight?

Not where I am. I'm in a freezing enclave, watching Twitter accounts of the game, waiting to go in and chip away another little bit of my soul.

[subnuclear]

Not where I am. I'm in a freezing enclave, watching Twitter accounts of the game, waiting to go in and chip away another little bit of my soul.

Just wondering, sounds like fun.

[subnuclear]

Not often a runner gets caught in a run down during a stolen base attempt.

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Altuve -HR to LF
Fowler - BB
Carter - (Fowler gets caught stealing) K swinging
Castro - Castro with a hard single to RF
Dominguez - Grounds out to SS

End of the 3rd. Astros 4-0.

[Ron Brand]

Just wondering, sounds like fun.

It's a little like Joe Vs. the Volcano, with better pay and more screwed up people.

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Trout - K swinging
Pujols - Flies out to CF
Hamilton - Grounds to 1st, Singleton with quick grab and toss to Peacock

Middle of the 4th. Astros 4-0.

[NeilT]

Not where I am. I'm in a freezing enclave, watching Twitter accounts of the game, waiting to go in and chip away another little bit of my soul.

So you have to go in front of the partners' committee for your annual comp review too?

[PCOL2000]

It is the mlb.tv free game of the day.

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Herrera in to pitch for Angels.

[Ron Brand]

So you have to go in front of the partners' committee for your annual comp review too?

Is that the one where they attach you to the Life Sucking Machine from The Princess Bride and turn it up to Five or so?

[NeilT]

Brenham radio is playing country music tonight.

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Grossman hits a long double to CF, Marisnick scores from 2nd. Astros 5-0. 2 outs.

[NeilT]

Is that the one where they attach you to the Life Sucking Machine from The Princess Bride and turn it up to Five or so?

That thing was built for law firms.

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Marisnick - Double to LCF
Singleton - Flies out to SS
Petit - (Herrera in to pitch) Grounds out to 3rd, Marisnick held at 2nd
Grossman - Doubles to CF, Marisnick scores
Altuve - Grounds out to 2nd

Bottom of the 4th. Astros 5-0.

[NeilT]

Marisnick - Double to LCF
Singleton - Flies out to SS
Petit - (Herrera in to pitch) Grounds out to 3rd, Marisnick held at 2nd
Grossman - Doubles to CF, Marisnick scores
Altuve - Grounds out to 2nd

Bottom of the 4th. Astros 5-0.

Altuve grounds out?  What's up with that?

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Kendrick - Deep fly to LF
Aybar - Flies out to CF
Ianetta - BB
Boesch - K swinging

Middle of the 5th. Astros 5-0.

[subnuclear]

Bedrosian in to pitch for the Angels.

[NeilT]

One of these teams is in first place in the AL West.

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Castro hits a double that bounces around the LF corner, Fowler scores, Carter to 3rd. Astros 6-0. No outs.

[jbm]

Who is this team?  Their bats are smoking. 

[Ron Brand]

Somebody popped that zit.

[juliogotay]

Obviously great managing.

[subnuclear]

Maybe the Angels had a late night flight.

[NeilT]

I've never been to a Waffle House, and that's the topic of the night for the radio broadcast.

[subnuclear]

Marisnick hits a deep sac fly, Carter scores, Castro to 3rd. Astrs 7-0. 2 outs.

[NeilT]

Obviously great managing.

Maybe they're all scared for their job.

[jbm]

Obviously great managing.

That wheel had some bad joojoo.

[Ron Brand]

I've never been to a Waffle House, and that's the topic of the night for the radio broadcast.

Waffle House is good stuff. Better around 3 am, but good anytime.

[subnuclear]

Pestano in to pitch for the Angels, because why not.

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Fowler - Seeing-eye single to RF
Carter - Grounds to 3rd, Bounces off the third basemen, Fowler at 2nd, Carter to 1st
Castro - Doubles to LF, Fowler scores, Carter to 3rd
Dominguez - Flies out to 1B
Marisnick -Flies out to CF, Carter scores, Castro to 3rd
Singleton - BB
Petit - K swinging

End of the 5th. Astros 7-0.

[NeilT]

Peacock's back in after 4 days' rest.

[Ron Brand]

Peacock's back in after 4 days' rest.

Seven run leads make a man brave.

[Jose Cruz III]

That's crap, Fowler.

[subnuclear]

I bet Fowler would have caught that if he had looked at the wheel today.

[jbm]

That's inexcusable by Fowler.

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Beckham - Single to LF
Calhoun - Grounds to LF, caught trying to stretch to double, Beckham to 3rd
Trout - Flies out to RF, Beckham stays at 3rd
Pujols - Fowler drops a fairly easy fly to CF, Beckham scores, Pujols on 2nd
Hamilton - K swinging

Middle of the 6th. Astros 7-1.

[Jose Cruz III]

Beckham - Single to LF
Calhoun - Grounds to LF, caught trying to stretch to double, Beckham to 3rd
Trout - Flies out to RF, Beckham stays at 3rd
Pujols - Fowler drops  hot dogs a fairly easy fly to CF, Beckham scores, Pujols on 2nd
Hamilton - K swinging

Middle of the 6th. Astros 7-1.

FIFY

[Ron Brand]

I bet Fowler would have caught that if he had looked at the wheel today.

SFN

[NeilT]

FIFY

I like Fowler, but Hot Dog makes a pretty good nickname. 

[NeilT]

Call me when Altuve goes 5 for 5. 

[Jose Cruz III]

Call me when Altuve goes 5 for 5. 

Just pray he doesn't do it while on the West Coast.

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Grossman - Flies out to 3rd
Altuve - Single to CF
Fowler - K swinging
Carter - K looking

End of the 6th. Astros 7-1.

[NeilT]

Just pray he doesn't do it while on the West Coast.

No one'll be up anyway.

[Jose Cruz III]

What a conundrum. The FTC is beating the Seligs to drop them farther behind the Co-Ards in the NL Central. There is not a cheerable scenario there.

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Ianetta flies out to CF, Kendrick scores, Aybar stays at 2nd. Astros 7-2. 1 out.

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Chapman in to pitch for Astros.

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Beckham hits a double to RCF, Aybar scores from 2nd. Astros 7-3. 2 outs.

[NeilT]

Chapman in to pitch for Astros.

They only had a 5-run lead.

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Kendrick - BB
Aybar - Double off the LF wall, Kendrick to 3rd
Ianetta - Flies out to CF, Kendrick scores
Green - (Chapman in to pitch) Grounds out to SS, Aybar stays at 2nd
Beckham - Doubles to LCF, Aybar scores
Calhoun - Flies out to SS

Middle of the 7th. Astros 7-3.

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Castro - (LeBlanc in to pitch) K swinging
Dominguez - Grounds out to 3rd
Marisnick - K swinging

End of the 7th. Astros 7-3.

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Trout - (Fields in to pitch) K swinging
Pujols - Flies out to CF
Hamilton - K swinging

Middle of the 8th. Astros 7-3.

[jbm]

Hamilton flailing away. Glad I don't have to root for the guy, as many of his ABs are UGLY.

[subnuclear]

Grossman is having another good game.

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Altuve hits a double off the LF wall, Petit scores, Grossman to 3rd. Astros 8-3. 1 out.

[Jose Cruz III]

A salami by CC would be great here.

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Singleton - Pops out to 3B
Petit - Singles into LF
Grossman - Single to RCF, Petit to 3rd
Altuve - Doubles off LF wall, Petit scores, Grossman to 3rd
Fowler - IBB
Carter - K swinging
Castro - Flies out to CF

End of the 8th. Astros 8-3.

[NeilT]

A salami by CC would be great here.

I guess the other Chris Carter showed up.

[Jose Cruz III]

I guess the other Chris Carter showed up.

I guess. It was fun to watch while it lasted though.

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Kendrick - Ground rule double
Aybar - Flies out to CF
Ianetta - Grounds out to SS
Green - Flies out to LF

Final. Astros 8-3.

[subnuclear]

Great showing by the hitters and Peacock pitch a nice game.

[Jose Cruz III]

Nice catch by Grossman to end the game.

[Jose Cruz III]

Hamilton flailing away. Glad I don't have to root for the guy, as many of his ABs are UGLY.

While he makes nearly as much money as the entire Astros 40 man roster.